Is that even a word?
perfectly meeting a particular purpose
tailor-made
5 words with the prefix "un-"
UNbelievable!
Which of these adjetives are NOT non gradable?
furious, freezing, impossible, huge, unique, dead, tiny, starving, excellent, exhausted
None of them
a synonym of "after life"
hereafter
the opposite of these words:
trustful
resistible
variable
movable
comparable
displaced
mistrustful
irresistible
invariable
unmovable
incomparable
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Complete the sentences:
I wish you __________ (stop) drumming your fingers on the table like that.
I’d rather we __________ (not take) the underground to the airport.
It’s high time you __________ (tidy up) your bedroom. It’s a real mess.
If only I __________ (turn back) the hands of time.
I bet they wish they __________ (spend) all that money on the renovations.
Sally wishes she __________ (not have to) go to the dentist tomorrow.
I wish you would stop (stop) drumming your fingers on the table like that.
I’d rather we didn’t take (not take) the underground to the airport.
It’s high time you tidied up (tidy up) your bedroom. It’s a real mess.
If only I could turn back (turn back) the hands of time.
I bet they wish they hadn’t spent (spend) all that money on the renovations.
Sally wishes she didn’t have to (not have to) go to the dentist tomorrow.
to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back again, normally for job related reasons
commute
Use these words in the same sentence:
deny, profitable
Nice!
Complete the sentences:
It was __________ far the most interesting play I’ve ever seen.
People are __________ near as friendly in the city as they are in the country.
The film was __________ much better than I’d expected.
This job is a __________ deal harder than my last job.
Driving is __________ so much fun as it was in the past.
Their house is very old, __________ yours.
It was by far the most interesting play I’ve ever seen.
People are not near as friendly in the city as they are in the country.
The film was so much better than I’d expected.
This job is a great deal harder than my last job.
Driving is not so much fun as it was in the past.
Their house is very old, like yours.
to spend or use wastefully or foolishly
squander
Use these words in the same sentence:
vision, irreversible, comprehend
Great!
Decide if you can use one, both, or neither of the modifiers:
1 It’s practically / absolutely impossible to know when he’s joking.
2 He was seriously / totally worried when he lost his car keys.
3 I find listening to politicians makes me really / utterly annoyed.
4 I’m somewhat / extremely sorry I broke your phone.
5 He was bitterly / seriously disappointed when his team lost.
6 Their house is quite / perfectly immense.
1 - both
2 - seriously
3 - really
4 - extremely
5 - both
6 - quite
a criticism about something very small
quibble
Use these words in the same sentence:
imaginative, imaginable, variety, exciting
Awesome!